Nexus between ganja peddlers, naxals busted in AP

Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, Mar 4 (UNI) The district police today unearthed links between a ganja smuggling gang involved in arms smuggling and naxal groups with the arrest of 12 persons and seized of weapons and 250 kg of ganja from them.

Speaking to newspersons here, district Superintendent of Police Soumya Mishra said the gang, in course of ganja smuggling activities, came into contact with arms suppliers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar.

They also developed links with various naxal groups operating in this district like the CPI-ML(Prathighatana), CPI-ML(Praja Prathighatana) and Communist Party of United States of India (CPUSI).

They used to procure weapons from one Shahad Bhai, a native of Bakarpur in Munger District of Bihar, and Anand of Satna, Madhya Pradesh and used to supply them to naxal groups at premium rates.

The gang had so far admitted that 39 pistols and two carbines were supplied to naxalites in this district, she informed.

UNI